1 00:00:00,06 --> 00:00:04,99 The following program is sponsored by the evel open door church yet all indoor 2 00:00:05,00 --> 00:00:10,73 church is committed to loving God loving people and loving why our doors are open 3 00:00:10,74 --> 00:00:16,93 to whomever no matter required Seattle open door church is located in downtown area 4 00:00:16,94 --> 00:00:23,75 next to the southwest corner. Welcome to their route so your host 5 00:00:23,79 --> 00:00:28,57 or there is hope is Richard over your pastor of Seattle open door church in your. 6 00:00:35,79 --> 00:00:39,47 Earlier start of Romans chapter want the book of Romans is probably written to who 7 00:00:39,47 --> 00:00:46,30 . It was written to the Romans is read by Apostle Paul 8 00:00:46,31 --> 00:00:48,42 to the Romans and you can get 9 00:00:48,43 --> 00:00:52,74 a very big very first verses here versus one through it through seven you're going 10 00:00:52,75 --> 00:00:58,14 to get a fill Paul's heart Where is he coming from so he writes Paul 11 00:00:58,15 --> 00:01:01,76 a servant of Christ Jesus called to be an apostle said 12 00:01:01,77 --> 00:01:06,10 a prayer for the gospel of God which he promised before hand through His prophets 13 00:01:06,11 --> 00:01:11,11 and the Holy Scriptures concerned his son who was descended from David according to 14 00:01:11,12 --> 00:01:15,90 the flesh and has declared to be the Son of God and power according to the spirit 15 00:01:15,91 --> 00:01:21,49 of holiness by his resurrection from the dead Jesus Christ our Lord through whom we 16 00:01:21,50 --> 00:01:26,17 have received grace in apostleship to bring about the beating of faith for the sake 17 00:01:26,18 --> 00:01:30,89 of his name among all the nations including you who are called to belong to Christ 18 00:01:30,90 --> 00:01:36,49 Jesus to add those or Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints Grace to 19 00:01:36,50 --> 00:01:41,32 you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ just look at that 20 00:01:41,38 --> 00:01:42,75 passage there is 21 00:01:42,76 --> 00:01:48,18 a very clear the Parise established at the beginning that he's an apostle. You have 22 00:01:48,19 --> 00:01:51,89 to bet he's made it clear that he's called to be an apostle he's not ashamed of 23 00:01:51,90 --> 00:01:55,98 saying he's called to be an apostle and as he's saying that he's let them know you 24 00:01:55,99 --> 00:01:59,16 are that there is an authority when I speak there's going to be authority that 25 00:01:59,17 --> 00:02:04,68 comes from the words that I speak and he's really saying listen up at the same time 26 00:02:04,69 --> 00:02:08,14 he's making it very clear that he didn't call himself to be an apostle but that God 27 00:02:08,15 --> 00:02:12,37 called him to be an apostle what he's saying is I'm called I'm not ashamed of the 28 00:02:12,38 --> 00:02:14,80 calling that I have if you're called to be 29 00:02:14,81 --> 00:02:16,71 a Lucia pleader you don't have to apologize for being 30 00:02:16,72 --> 00:02:20,41 a will ship later the owner who's the worship leader we need to honor people into 31 00:02:20,42 --> 00:02:24,37 the positions of leadership rather as me is the pastor of this passer by and as the 32 00:02:24,38 --> 00:02:26,06 pastor whoever it is of their in 33 00:02:26,07 --> 00:02:28,67 a position of leadership at their police officer they have a badge they have 34 00:02:28,68 --> 00:02:34,54 a gun what should you do he should listen to he turns around and he talks about 35 00:02:34,55 --> 00:02:39,69 Jesus he gives them the whole Gospel he very clearly says in this passage scripture 36 00:02:39,70 --> 00:02:46,20 that Jesus is fully God and that he's been set apart to be the Messiah the 37 00:02:46,21 --> 00:02:51,39 Savior. No See goes in the blood money came from the blood of David he is helping 38 00:02:51,40 --> 00:02:57,12 them out to understand and a pad vs He said understand who Jesus is now look 39 00:02:57,13 --> 00:02:58,06 a verse a verse 40 00:02:58,07 --> 00:03:01,75 a did look at it in his heart eight verses eight to fifteen look at Jesus heart 41 00:03:02,48 --> 00:03:07,24 Brewster Jesus of apostle Paul start first I think my God through Jesus Christ for 42 00:03:07,25 --> 00:03:12,50 all of you because your faith is proclaimed in the world for God is my witness who 43 00:03:12,51 --> 00:03:17,06 might serve with my spirit in the Gospel his son there were doubts ceasing I 44 00:03:17,07 --> 00:03:22,97 mention you are always in my prayers ask this somehow by God's will I may now at 45 00:03:22,98 --> 00:03:28,23 last succeed in coming to you for I long to see you that I may impart to you some 46 00:03:28,24 --> 00:03:33,09 spiritual gifts to strengthen you that is that we may be mutually encouraged by 47 00:03:33,10 --> 00:03:37,19 each other's faith both yours and mine I don't know I want you to be unaware 48 00:03:37,20 --> 00:03:42,10 brothers they have often intended to come to you but thus far I have been prevented 49 00:03:42,28 --> 00:03:46,22 in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the 50 00:03:46,23 --> 00:03:52,01 gentiles I am under obligation both to Greeks into barbarians both to the wise and 51 00:03:52,02 --> 00:03:57,01 to the foolish so I'm eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome in 52 00:03:57,02 --> 00:03:57,99 Rome who was there was 53 00:03:58,00 --> 00:04:02,51 a Jews or Gentiles mostly it was Gentiles that was in Rome it was 54 00:04:02,67 --> 00:04:08,91 a very pagan city and was he say here he says I've heard witness of you as 55 00:04:08,92 --> 00:04:14,88 believers that you're following Jesus he said I hear that you love Jesus do people 56 00:04:14,89 --> 00:04:21,87 here that you love Jesus people of beer in people of Seattle Do people know that 57 00:04:21,88 --> 00:04:27,35 you love Jesus when people think of Seattle Do they normally think of Jesus the 58 00:04:27,36 --> 00:04:34,35 number one there they can of. What if they could ride. Space Needle would be if 59 00:04:34,36 --> 00:04:39,13 we turned around as Christians rose up and really were witnesses for Christ what if 60 00:04:39,14 --> 00:04:42,86 we were believers there rose up for Christ we want to shame the Gospel of Jesus 61 00:04:42,87 --> 00:04:47,53 Christ we proclaim the gospel we live the gospel Gospel we acted out the Gospel 62 00:04:47,70 --> 00:04:53,33 could people think of Seattle and think of Christians Absolutely but how does that 63 00:04:53,34 --> 00:04:58,29 happen the body of Christ needs to rise up he's be obedient to the word faithful to 64 00:04:58,30 --> 00:05:01,09 the word allows the God to transform you in such 65 00:05:01,10 --> 00:05:04,67 a way when people think of Seattle they're thinking of wow that's 66 00:05:04,68 --> 00:05:09,65 a place where Jesus can be known as the Seattle is known as one of the least on of 67 00:05:09,66 --> 00:05:14,87 then July's the areas in the nation when the most pagan areas in the nation one of 68 00:05:14,88 --> 00:05:20,53 the most liberal in theology when it comes to the Bible in the nation that is to 69 00:05:20,54 --> 00:05:25,61 turn around how does that happen by US allowing God to mold and shape us and 70 00:05:25,62 --> 00:05:30,73 changes that listen what he says he says they long to be with you I want to hang 71 00:05:30,74 --> 00:05:33,63 with you I am of pass 72 00:05:33,64 --> 00:05:38,84 a law it is not possible to hang with you because of what I know about you if an 73 00:05:38,85 --> 00:05:39,39 apostle is 74 00:05:39,40 --> 00:05:43,96 a walk in this room where they want to hang with you you have to ask yourself that 75 00:05:44,85 --> 00:05:49,28 then he says I want us to fellowship together to be mutually encourage what does he 76 00:05:49,29 --> 00:05:54,24 say I want to encourage you to want you to courage me so was apostle Paul upright 77 00:05:54,25 --> 00:05:58,74 for. When he says apostle is he bragging about being apostle or is he just saying 78 00:05:58,75 --> 00:06:03,72 this is who I am and he says I want to be moved mutually encourage In other words 79 00:06:03,73 --> 00:06:09,52 this encourage one another it doesn't matter the title. Grab believes in Jesus 80 00:06:09,53 --> 00:06:13,57 Christ it doesn't matter if somebody has the title in Avengers prophet pastor 81 00:06:13,75 --> 00:06:18,94 apostle whatever it may be is the reality were equal in Christ just different roles 82 00:06:19,07 --> 00:06:23,61 can I learn from you absolutely you know what God can use 83 00:06:24,02 --> 00:06:26,93 a drug addict to speak to you God can use 84 00:06:26,94 --> 00:06:29,77 a prostitute to speak with you God can use 85 00:06:29,78 --> 00:06:35,74 a Bill Gates to speak to you if you're open but if you dig your better then 86 00:06:36,77 --> 00:06:37,87 you probably aren't going to learn 87 00:06:37,88 --> 00:06:42,49 a whole lot I can use anybody if you're open and I want to be open I want to be 88 00:06:42,50 --> 00:06:46,46 anything this is what he says I am under obligation both the Greeks and the 89 00:06:46,47 --> 00:06:53,24 barbarians. You know the saying some of you are better. To 90 00:06:53,25 --> 00:06:59,26 Greeks and the wise to the foolish some of you are foolish but called to reach you 91 00:07:00,03 --> 00:07:03,73 so I'm eager to preach the gospel all of you who enroll me saying any of you buddy 92 00:07:03,74 --> 00:07:08,30 in Rome whoever you are whether you believe or is not believers ROM ends Seattle 93 00:07:08,31 --> 00:07:13,58 writes Well you know Jesus or not I want to share the love of God with you Do we 94 00:07:13,59 --> 00:07:15,43 have the heart to have 95 00:07:15,44 --> 00:07:19,11 a heart to says you know where no matter what our culture is like I want to share 96 00:07:19,12 --> 00:07:23,04 the love of God with you and Apostle Paul I was desperate to go to Rome did he get 97 00:07:23,05 --> 00:07:28,11 to go to Rome he did how to get to Rome. As 98 00:07:28,12 --> 00:07:32,36 a prisoner the A chain's. Devil wants to go to approach 99 00:07:32,37 --> 00:07:39,01 a go will get there no matter what but pray not chain's big pod but listen 100 00:07:40,01 --> 00:07:43,90 Possilpark was told not to go in Jerusalem because if you go to Jerusalem you'll 101 00:07:43,91 --> 00:07:45,69 get arrested and 102 00:07:45,70 --> 00:07:50,91 a prophet toting. The Prophet says to him he takes his belt in these days as this 103 00:07:50,92 --> 00:07:53,85 is gravity if you're going to be chained up if you go to Jerusalem you will be 104 00:07:53,86 --> 00:07:59,74 chained up the process will go anyways the God watch over Paul was in God's will 105 00:07:59,75 --> 00:08:03,66 and I don't know if he was and deals with God's will or not normally if somebody 106 00:08:03,67 --> 00:08:09,54 tells me you're going to get chained up I don't do it. He goals he gets chained up 107 00:08:09,58 --> 00:08:12,74 and then he appeals to Caesar he goes to Rome he finally gets to go to Rome as 108 00:08:12,75 --> 00:08:19,10 a prisoner he complained he thinks his character's good can't believe this is all I 109 00:08:19,11 --> 00:08:20,45 got to read my God there's 110 00:08:20,46 --> 00:08:25,18 a prisoner I wish I would have just listened he said hi louis I've got to get to 111 00:08:25,19 --> 00:08:28,78 finally meet the Romans and you got to meet some barbarians because guess who was 112 00:08:28,79 --> 00:08:32,82 watching over him some barbarians some soldiers are mean and cruel or watching over 113 00:08:32,83 --> 00:08:37,52 him then they get saved. Is that interesting you know why there's so many We're 114 00:08:37,53 --> 00:08:41,78 getting save that they keep removing guards from him. And of course when they get 115 00:08:41,79 --> 00:08:45,38 saved another guy comes and he gets saved to the next thing you know that they're 116 00:08:45,39 --> 00:08:52,30 presenting part to Caesar's household. If you're willing to do God's will no 117 00:08:52,31 --> 00:08:56,59 matter where you're at God will give you somebody that wants to hear the Gospel 118 00:08:57,35 --> 00:09:00,80 somebody wants to hear what you have to say some with your testimony if you want to 119 00:09:00,81 --> 00:09:04,54 give it to line it up so how do you want to send 120 00:09:04,55 --> 00:09:09,41 a prison the bill don't do that. Some of you are in prison already need to get 121 00:09:09,42 --> 00:09:16,09 broken free. The next one. First sixteen paused and thought about living by faith 122 00:09:16,72 --> 00:09:22,33 he says for I am not this is verse sixteen for I'm not ashamed of the gospel for it 123 00:09:22,34 --> 00:09:27,63 is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes to the Jew first now 124 00:09:27,64 --> 00:09:32,90 also to the Greek for it in it the righteous of God is revealed from faith to faith 125 00:09:33,09 --> 00:09:38,33 as is written the righteous to live by faith process he's not ashamed of the Gospel 126 00:09:39,12 --> 00:09:44,96 he's not afraid to talk about the gospel. You know what the promise some people 127 00:09:44,97 --> 00:09:50,41 aren't sure in the Gospel. Some people they get the gospel with says that Jesus 128 00:09:50,42 --> 00:09:56,61 loves you for the Bible tells you so. But they never want to share the fact that if 129 00:09:56,62 --> 00:10:00,83 you don't accept Christ you're going to hell. Do you know that's part of the gospel 130 00:10:00,83 --> 00:10:06,32 . All you want to focus on is the one side the one side is that you're going to 131 00:10:06,33 --> 00:10:10,02 heaven but what about the side if you don't accept Jesus going to hell what about 132 00:10:10,03 --> 00:10:10,61 the fact that you have 133 00:10:10,62 --> 00:10:16,77 a cancer and is going to kill you. When do we hear that message the most the time 134 00:10:16,78 --> 00:10:19,82 you're not going hear from me and this pope is ours is the same people that are 135 00:10:19,83 --> 00:10:24,25 here every week because the same people here are weaker already saved. But there's 136 00:10:24,26 --> 00:10:27,73 so much to be lost people that come here I will talk about hell because they need 137 00:10:27,74 --> 00:10:29,50 to know there is a hell and there is 138 00:10:29,51 --> 00:10:31,37 a consequence because if they don't know there's 139 00:10:31,38 --> 00:10:38,32 a on the consequence why do I need heaven. If you have cancer and the doctor says 140 00:10:38,33 --> 00:10:42,41 to you hi there i know you have all these aches and pains everything else and you 141 00:10:42,42 --> 00:10:46,73 can barely walk and you can't hold down your food all that and it is going to get 142 00:10:46,74 --> 00:10:53,01 better. When they know you have cancer are they doing you any good. 143 00:10:54,60 --> 00:10:59,22 Would you want to doctor like then he would doctor says Dr tell me the truth what's 144 00:10:59,23 --> 00:11:00,06 happened he said you got 145 00:11:00,07 --> 00:11:06,01 a year to live well I know what to do then. Really this is oh no worry about you 146 00:11:06,02 --> 00:11:10,87 got some symptoms you got some you have some sin symptoms you give prayers or 147 00:11:10,88 --> 00:11:15,12 discourage you feel like you're in bondage you feel hopeless you've got some sin 148 00:11:15,13 --> 00:11:19,36 symptoms but I don't want to tell you what that's for all. I don't want to tell you 149 00:11:19,37 --> 00:11:19,93 is because you're 150 00:11:19,94 --> 00:11:24,14 a sinner and you're sinning I just want to tell you know what Iraq 151 00:11:24,15 --> 00:11:30,69 a God loves you everything's OK A. Is that love no that's not love 152 00:11:30,85 --> 00:11:33,56 suppose I'm not ashamed of the Gospel Jesus Christ I mean no he's not 153 00:11:33,57 --> 00:11:38,97 a shame because the next pass is going to tell him about the wrath of God. Read 154 00:11:38,98 --> 00:11:41,60 your Bible in context passes 155 00:11:41,61 --> 00:11:46,06 a rights are saved by faith he says the rock by faith to walk in righteousness and 156 00:11:46,07 --> 00:11:49,91 then he goes right into talking about paganism and goes into talking about the 157 00:11:49,92 --> 00:11:53,89 wickedness of the road that God's going to judge the witness of the world read your 158 00:11:53,90 --> 00:11:58,86 Bible in context don't just pick the parts you like from those in the Gospel first 159 00:11:58,87 --> 00:12:04,92 the power of salvation. The gospel that Jesus died on the cross for sinners bring 160 00:12:04,93 --> 00:12:10,27 salvation to people's lives and he says it's for the Jews and the Greeks and maybe 161 00:12:10,28 --> 00:12:17,19 the Samoans. Is it maybe for the Samoans who is afraid 162 00:12:17,20 --> 00:12:21,41 or is for everybody is for the Jews in the Greeks you have to understand their 163 00:12:21,42 --> 00:12:25,57 culture they separate people isn't this interesting they separated by Jews and 164 00:12:25,58 --> 00:12:32,27 Greeks not by color. Not by color it was either Jews or Gentiles that's all there 165 00:12:32,28 --> 00:12:36,52 was there wasn't twenty different identification that people had that was that you 166 00:12:36,53 --> 00:12:39,80 know what he sees is for the black in the whites or in the US like that he was for 167 00:12:39,81 --> 00:12:45,91 the Jews and he's for everyone and righteousness is by faith how do we come to 168 00:12:45,92 --> 00:12:50,27 righteousness by faith if you come to church every week we you know we have some 169 00:12:50,28 --> 00:12:54,51 people that the times they'll come every single week to come to every service and 170 00:12:54,52 --> 00:13:00,77 everything else would that make you righteous. It might make you legal Listy 171 00:13:01,46 --> 00:13:04,96 if you're not careful should we go to church whenever the doors open is that 172 00:13:04,97 --> 00:13:10,96 a good idea if you can absolutely LS The preacher doesn't preach in is of value 173 00:13:11,73 --> 00:13:15,53 but out of that where you go to the church you go to Bible study you've been on the 174 00:13:15,54 --> 00:13:20,01 worship team you take care of video sound whatever may be does that make you 175 00:13:20,02 --> 00:13:26,21 righteous no righteous by faith alone as in faith in Jesus Christ and Him alone OK 176 00:13:26,22 --> 00:13:31,39 now we're going to look at the ugly part the proto some people took the boy I doubt 177 00:13:31,40 --> 00:13:37,17 him write it out that took their Let me see your Bibles as this part cut out. Oh 178 00:13:37,18 --> 00:13:44,09 you know it's all there OK All right underlined circled and is talking about me OK 179 00:13:44,10 --> 00:13:49,47 verse eighteen for the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness 180 00:13:49,51 --> 00:13:55,32 in unrighteousness of men who by their own righteousness suppress the truth for 181 00:13:55,33 --> 00:14:00,96 what could be known about God is plain to them because God has shown it to them for 182 00:14:00,97 --> 00:14:05,61 his invisible attributes namely his eternal power and divine nature have been 183 00:14:05,62 --> 00:14:10,58 clearly perceived ever since the creation of the ruled and the days that have been 184 00:14:10,59 --> 00:14:17,24 made so they are without excuse rather they knew God they did not honor Him as God 185 00:14:17,25 --> 00:14:21,71 or gave thanks to him but they became futile in their dinking and that foolish 186 00:14:21,72 --> 00:14:26,83 hearts were dark and claimed to be wise they became fools and exchanged the glory 187 00:14:26,84 --> 00:14:31,97 of the immortal god for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals in 188 00:14:31,98 --> 00:14:37,83 creeping things this break it down. First thing process for the wrath of God. 189 00:14:39,38 --> 00:14:45,83 God has route does God have wrath. Does he does he have wrath that is 190 00:14:45,84 --> 00:14:52,36 vicious wrath. Absolutely for the wrath of God is real of 191 00:14:52,40 --> 00:14:58,16 rebuild from heaven to get SWAT Adnan Ghalib this all on righteous man. 192 00:14:59,37 --> 00:15:04,27 So is God's wrath against those who love him. Does God have 193 00:15:04,28 --> 00:15:09,12 a proud wrath on his chosen people because the shows and people in 194 00:15:09,13 --> 00:15:13,92 a believes in Jesus Christ does God shows wrath no Does he show his judgement at 195 00:15:13,92 --> 00:15:20,66 times does he have consequences at times absolutely but he never shows his wrath on 196 00:15:20,70 --> 00:15:23,09 the children of God but the Andrew 197 00:15:23,10 --> 00:15:27,56 a Godly the unrighteous A says his wrath is rebuild and he says there are 198 00:15:27,56 --> 00:15:33,27 righteousness oppresses the truth here's one reason God has raff. He doesn't like 199 00:15:33,31 --> 00:15:39,78 truth to be hidden. Because the truth sets people free. 200 00:15:40,88 --> 00:15:46,02 When you hide the truth you're hiding the very day that sets people free and it 201 00:15:46,03 --> 00:15:50,89 says he brings wrath upon those who hide the truth who should cover up the truth 202 00:15:51,06 --> 00:15:54,79 and what he's talking about is those who present lies because when you present lies 203 00:15:55,73 --> 00:15:59,01 you've covered up the truth so if there is 204 00:15:59,02 --> 00:16:05,91 a individual that is saying that Jesus is not fully God that Jesus is the brother 205 00:16:05,92 --> 00:16:12,90 of Satan. Does that make God angry and will God bring judgement upon those 206 00:16:12,91 --> 00:16:18,51 who say that absolutely he will bring judgment part of if somebody says you know 207 00:16:18,52 --> 00:16:23,57 what it's OK you can add sex with many people you want just as wrong as you love 208 00:16:23,58 --> 00:16:25,32 him. But that's 209 00:16:25,33 --> 00:16:31,56 a lie in itself. How can you love twenty women or twenty 210 00:16:31,57 --> 00:16:37,99 guys is not possible but if you say it's OK Jesus loves you anyways does God have 211 00:16:38,03 --> 00:16:43,81 wrath against that absolutely and the list can go on and on and on just because 212 00:16:43,82 --> 00:16:49,16 God's wrath does not take place now doesn't mean it is going to take place. There 213 00:16:49,17 --> 00:16:49,45 will be 214 00:16:49,46 --> 00:16:54,52 a day of judgment. And he says that and then this is what he says is that God could 215 00:16:54,53 --> 00:17:01,51 be no one and I will tell you this passage is troubling for me because this is for 216 00:17:01,52 --> 00:17:06,22 the invisible attribute attributes namely is eternal power divine nature have been 217 00:17:06,23 --> 00:17:13,22 clearly perceived. Ever since the creation ruled. In the days 218 00:17:13,23 --> 00:17:18,33 that is made he's saying that the road shows that God who He is not say I struggle 219 00:17:18,34 --> 00:17:23,06 with that is that passage through. Is that in the Bible is 220 00:17:23,07 --> 00:17:28,20 a true it's true but I struggle you know I struggle with it because when I was an 221 00:17:28,21 --> 00:17:33,35 atheist I loved the outdoors love the country but I didn't see God's nature. I 222 00:17:33,36 --> 00:17:36,42 didn't see it. Why didn't I see is this 223 00:17:36,43 --> 00:17:43,31 a lie or why did I see it I didn't want to see it. I close my 224 00:17:43,32 --> 00:17:48,75 eyes to it I heart my heart to it do you know that there's many that God as that is 225 00:17:48,76 --> 00:17:52,78 easily seen will be in close our eyes and minds and hearts to it that we don't see 226 00:17:52,79 --> 00:17:58,77 it but doesn't mean it's not there but your heart of gold I never heard this 227 00:17:58,78 --> 00:17:59,46 passage when I was 228 00:17:59,47 --> 00:18:03,48 a lost person was until I got saved they heard this passage. But if 229 00:18:03,49 --> 00:18:07,68 a person would have brought their passion was lost that was that of wrath of God 230 00:18:08,78 --> 00:18:14,42 Yeah right and I done start using Jesus' name and curse words to prove that there 231 00:18:14,43 --> 00:18:19,25 is no wrath of God. And you know what God would have struck me with lightning most 232 00:18:19,26 --> 00:18:21,99 likely. He just say you know what you're 233 00:18:22,00 --> 00:18:27,92 a fool. And the truth will be revealed to you and yes I know the future and I know 234 00:18:27,93 --> 00:18:30,57 the future you can be preaching about the wrath of God that you're mocking right 235 00:18:30,58 --> 00:18:34,51 now what a god what a loving God 236 00:18:35,04 --> 00:18:39,48 a loving God that you could mock about his radical Mark about his holiness and he 237 00:18:39,49 --> 00:18:42,81 doesn't destroy you instead he says you know what I'm going to get you saved. 238 00:18:44,39 --> 00:18:44,58 That's 239 00:18:44,59 --> 00:18:50,75 a loving God and His Love doesn't change wants me to accept Christ see we believe 240 00:18:50,76 --> 00:18:53,66 in His Love when we accept Christ but what about when you're in the midst of all 241 00:18:53,67 --> 00:18:57,03 your struggles your troubles and trials you sick this disease and everything else 242 00:18:57,04 --> 00:18:57,21 there was 243 00:18:57,22 --> 00:19:02,33 a son they didn't get to it's got traded my souls. What about when you go into 244 00:19:02,34 --> 00:19:06,60 sorrow you go into pain you're going to last is God still in love with you 245 00:19:07,26 --> 00:19:12,95 absolutely absolutely and he reveals his love just as much as reveals as. 246 00:19:14,79 --> 00:19:19,19 I don't argue he did right now in this age ruin he reveals his love much more than 247 00:19:19,20 --> 00:19:24,35 his wrath. And the age we live in right now he reveals his mercy much more than his 248 00:19:24,36 --> 00:19:25,91 wrath but you know there will be 249 00:19:25,92 --> 00:19:32,48 a day when his mercy is no longer revealed and his wrath will be revealed we need 250 00:19:32,49 --> 00:19:36,73 to get our hearts right with it. And there's twenty four does look at verse twenty 251 00:19:36,74 --> 00:19:43,33 four. Therefore God gave them up in the last of their hearts to impurity to the 252 00:19:43,34 --> 00:19:47,52 dishonors the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves because they exchange 253 00:19:47,53 --> 00:19:51,75 the truth about God for allowing and they worship and serve the creature rather 254 00:19:51,76 --> 00:19:57,34 than the Creator who blessed his blessed forever he says I what I did is because 255 00:19:57,35 --> 00:20:01,56 they did see me in the midst of all of creation because they didn't see me in the 256 00:20:01,57 --> 00:20:01,90 midst of 257 00:20:01,91 --> 00:20:05,75 a church service because they did see me in the midst of all the sermons that's 258 00:20:05,76 --> 00:20:06,36 been on T.V. 259 00:20:06,37 --> 00:20:09,81 All of these are for the radio that talks about who I am because they did seem in 260 00:20:09,82 --> 00:20:11,35 the midst of science that proves that there is 261 00:20:11,36 --> 00:20:15,26 a God I turned them all over to the last of their flash into their hearts and I 262 00:20:15,27 --> 00:20:20,70 allow them to dishonor me. And people are doing it all the time. 263 00:20:22,46 --> 00:20:25,41 Astronomy proves there is a God biology proves there is 264 00:20:25,42 --> 00:20:27,58 a God chemistry proves or God physics proves there is 265 00:20:27,59 --> 00:20:31,63 a God but some people closer Isaac know it all and they still want to believe that 266 00:20:31,64 --> 00:20:38,64 man came from an ape. And God says then I louder you to fill that way I allow you 267 00:20:38,65 --> 00:20:45,61 to believe that way and I try new all over to that impurity and I doubt you to 268 00:20:45,62 --> 00:20:50,60 then worship the creature instead of the Creator or allow you to worship yourself 269 00:20:50,61 --> 00:20:54,69 allow you to worship other people allow you to go into deception do you know that 270 00:20:54,70 --> 00:20:58,90 if you want to go into the seven will allow you to go into deception that should 271 00:20:58,91 --> 00:21:04,51 scare you. That is scary if you willing to turn yourself for deception God will 272 00:21:04,52 --> 00:21:09,52 allow you to be deceived and listen it happens to Christians. Can Christians be 273 00:21:09,53 --> 00:21:15,33 deceived absolutely if you want to be deceived you can be deceived if you want 274 00:21:15,34 --> 00:21:18,36 people to tickle your ears to say something to make you feel good G.-D. 275 00:21:18,37 --> 00:21:24,03 Keep doing you doing God will allow people to tickle your ears. And you can go find 276 00:21:24,04 --> 00:21:30,83 someplace that they do that everything is OK. There's the where you do love love 277 00:21:30,84 --> 00:21:35,63 love love you can hear that message but all it will happen is you become deceived. 278 00:21:36,96 --> 00:21:41,07 There are is there is God's love absolutely god's I believe in God's love God's 279 00:21:41,08 --> 00:21:46,75 love changes us the more you know about love of God The more you will change the 280 00:21:46,76 --> 00:21:49,55 more you know about the grace of God the more power you have to live in victory I 281 00:21:49,55 --> 00:21:54,44 believe in the message of God's love. That's what changed me was understand his 282 00:21:54,44 --> 00:21:58,52 love. But there needs to be the balance of there is to pull sides of ceases 283 00:21:58,53 --> 00:22:03,35 a little bit to go to the creature then look at verse twenty six what happens. For 284 00:22:03,35 --> 00:22:07,19 this reason God gave them up to dishonor the passions for their women exchanged 285 00:22:07,19 --> 00:22:11,32 natural ations for those that are contrary to nature and them in like ways gave up 286 00:22:11,33 --> 00:22:14,85 natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another man 287 00:22:14,86 --> 00:22:18,86 committing shame ain't shameless acts with men and we see even in the penalty for 288 00:22:18,88 --> 00:22:22,56 the do err if you don't know what that stock it about that's talking about 289 00:22:22,57 --> 00:22:29,55 homosexuality. And God saying that you want to worship the creator you want to 290 00:22:29,56 --> 00:22:34,42 do you're all doing so I allowed men and women to go into homosexuality. 291 00:22:36,17 --> 00:22:37,96 Listen that was 292 00:22:37,97 --> 00:22:44,71 a consequence of rebellion. People who walk into homosexuality are in 293 00:22:44,72 --> 00:22:51,55 rebellion to God. And he says I turn him over to on natural behavior I love 294 00:22:51,56 --> 00:22:58,52 homosexuals I care about homosexuals I love fornicators. I love whomever but 295 00:22:58,53 --> 00:23:03,42 the world says that because of man's own desires and their witness and turn their 296 00:23:03,43 --> 00:23:07,80 back on God They ran to homosexuality now that everybody that's homosexuals hates 297 00:23:07,81 --> 00:23:14,56 God. Not every that does drugs hates God nobody ever this still sort of ploy or 298 00:23:14,60 --> 00:23:20,36 AIDS God But if you're not careful when you live that lifestyle what are you saying 299 00:23:21,31 --> 00:23:27,08 I hate God I don't honor him so he says because of wickedness I lied to him to do 300 00:23:27,09 --> 00:23:31,25 something that was not natural and he says that there is says received upon 301 00:23:31,26 --> 00:23:34,87 themselves due penalty for their error he says when you go down that light don't 302 00:23:34,88 --> 00:23:40,65 make it only homosexuality please. Because not only homosexuality as an example 303 00:23:41,07 --> 00:23:45,34 it's any sin if you turn yourself over to send you go deep into that sin there is 304 00:23:45,35 --> 00:23:51,53 a penalty that comes that's part of the Gospel but the gospels are the penalty. 305 00:23:52,71 --> 00:23:58,60 Verse twenty eight and says they did not see fit acknowledge God. They had 306 00:23:58,61 --> 00:24:02,98 a chance to acknowledge God And they chose not to acknowledge God He gave them up 307 00:24:02,99 --> 00:24:03,09 to 308 00:24:03,10 --> 00:24:10,04 a debased mind. Which is the base to mean. A corrupt 309 00:24:10,05 --> 00:24:12,41 mind a distorted mine 310 00:24:13,20 --> 00:24:17,66 a perverted mind and says enough to acknowledge God God gave up today based mind to 311 00:24:17,67 --> 00:24:21,88 do what not to be done they were filled with I am manner of unrighteousness evil 312 00:24:21,89 --> 00:24:26,85 covetousness malice envy murder strive to see maliciousness do you see that you 313 00:24:26,86 --> 00:24:30,01 can't just choose homosexuality there's 314 00:24:30,02 --> 00:24:33,54 a whole lot of other things that happen murder strive to see maliciousness there 315 00:24:33,55 --> 00:24:37,79 are gossip or slanders haters of God is that hottie bass full inventors of evil 316 00:24:37,80 --> 00:24:41,75 distributed to parents foolish fishless heartless ruthless Does that sound like 317 00:24:41,76 --> 00:24:48,31 messed up. When we turn our back on God We get messed up believe ers listen to me 318 00:24:48,47 --> 00:24:54,04 if you turn your back on God you'll get messed up. If you are follower of Jesus 319 00:24:54,05 --> 00:24:59,40 Christ and you allow yourself to be led by the flash if you can find yourself being 320 00:24:59,41 --> 00:25:05,97 led by other than God You will find yourself getting messed up burst thirty two 321 00:25:05,98 --> 00:25:09,58 though they know what God's righteous decree that those who practice such things 322 00:25:09,59 --> 00:25:13,14 deserve to die they know they do them but give approval to them to those who 323 00:25:13,15 --> 00:25:17,45 practice them listen it is saying is you know in your heart that what you're doing 324 00:25:17,46 --> 00:25:21,65 is wrong but you do it anyways you not only do it anyways you allow others to do it 325 00:25:21,66 --> 00:25:28,37 you encourage others to do it and he says here you knew better but then you rocked 326 00:25:28,38 --> 00:25:32,15 it out and then you gave approval to it of course you did it because whenever we do 327 00:25:32,16 --> 00:25:35,82 something wrong we don't want to be judged what do we do we approve others that are 328 00:25:35,83 --> 00:25:41,19 doing the same thing we do because that would be feel better. So all of us seem so 329 00:25:41,20 --> 00:25:47,56 negative. Things discouraging. It sounds like it's 330 00:25:47,57 --> 00:25:53,51 hopeless but how we know the Book of Romans doesn't end on chapter one we descended 331 00:25:53,52 --> 00:26:00,21 in chapter one good news it doesn't stop in chapter one. And this jump back up this 332 00:26:00,22 --> 00:26:04,89 jump up before the wrath of God It says there is Jesus Christ the Son of God who is 333 00:26:04,90 --> 00:26:09,62 there to died for our sense that we can walk on forgiveness that the good news is 334 00:26:09,63 --> 00:26:14,41 that that story and the last part chapter one doesn't that to be our story because 335 00:26:14,42 --> 00:26:17,88 we know Jesus our Lord and Savior there could be somebody else's story but it's not 336 00:26:17,89 --> 00:26:22,90 my story and then what should we do we should help somebody oust to find that same 337 00:26:22,91 --> 00:26:24,97 story that we have but this is best 338 00:26:24,98 --> 00:26:29,37 a ridge you need know Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior Jesus said Behold I stand 339 00:26:29,38 --> 00:26:34,08 at the door knocking to be one hears my voice and opens the door I will come in 340 00:26:34,57 --> 00:26:41,55 robust intervenes as we were called upon the name or will be saved. John one seven 341 00:26:41,56 --> 00:26:43,65 says you must be born again X. 342 00:26:43,69 --> 00:26:47,80 Sixteen there he wants to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shall be saved 343 00:26:48,29 --> 00:26:52,41 and that he wanted things as repent you know and believe that not all will you 344 00:26:52,42 --> 00:26:56,15 accept Jesus Christ as your Lord or Savior today you want to get more information 345 00:26:56,16 --> 00:27:00,32 you can always go to our website to learn how to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord 346 00:27:00,33 --> 00:27:04,97 and Savior you can go to there is hope T.V. 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